The Killer That Deformed His Own Face | The Disturbing Case of Tatsuya Ichihashi

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If someone is following you, never lead them to your home. Go to a shop, hospital, whatever public building instead.

I like how the surgeon did the surgery and accepted payment and then reports it to police. Dude knew exactly what he was doing.

If someone is ever following you and you can't lose them, DO NOT go home. Take them somewhere very public and well recorded. A mall, a police station, literally anywhere besides your house.

The fact that he chased her across the city before asking for a lesson is fucking terrifying.

I briefly took a self-defense class a while back and one of the things that stuck with me was the instructor saying to beware of anyone who doesn’t respect a “no” for an answer. Not only sexually, but anything you say no to doing anything, if a person insists beyond comfort, it’s time to put the foot down and go.

That gut instinct just feeling uncomfortable...never ignore it.

This is basically my worst nightmare whenever I'm in a foreign country. You can't tell if it's cultural and truly creepy so you end up being nice and ignoring your gut. My sympathies for Lindsay's family and friends. Those 4 years must've been torture. Props to her dad for approaching the Yakuza.

So, I am NOT blaming Lindsey for what happened to her, I want to make a different point. In case you ever find yourself being followed, under no circumstances do you go directly home. This is the worst thing you can do. What you do instead is to first try and lose the person yourself and if that doesn't work, you immediately contact the authorities. They will not be able to arrest the person in most cases but they will be able to hold them for a certain amount of time which then allows you to leave safely. You still might want to avoid going home directly. Maybe visit a museum or something like that, anything public that has a entrance fee and cameras is good. After you reach home safely, make a detailed note of what happened, what the person looked like and such. Share it with family and friends. For the next couple of weeks, avoid the place of the encounter under all circumstances or never visit the place alone. Make sure somebody is with you and never take a direct route to that place or from it back home.

He wasn’t obsessed With working out. He was practicing to run after people, or away. He literally used his running stamina to follow that girl.

"The family requested the death penalty, but this request was denied." Plot twist: "I guess we'll just have to go talk to the Yakuza again...

i’m glad you focused on Lindsay so much and fleshed out her life. more often than not, victim’s stories get lost in the sensationalization of the killer.

Lindsay's father is a badass. The fact that he approached the Yakuza for answers. Shows a strong individual. However, he was kind enough to present a gift. Which I believe shows respect. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Naturally, if someone shows respect. They deserve respect.

Never lead anyone to your home and NEVER go into a strangers home. Especially from a dude that chases you all the way to your home!!

A person who goes through plastic surgery, hiding out in bunkers for years to avoid being captured for a murder they committed cannot be rehabilitated.

So let me get this straight: He took advantage of her innocence so he can force himself on and take her life? Those aren't the type of people you let live. The killer wasn't even mentally unstable. I like rehabilitation too, but not when it comes to situations like that.

It’s so incredibly frustrating that he got away for that long, that he even got that much freedom before getting caught.

As horrific as this is, can we all just take a moment to appreciate that Lindsay's dad realized that the Japanese police were useless, went to Japan himself, and asked the yakuza to find the guy? That dude has some balls of steel.

Imagine being so incompetent in your job that the victim's parents decide to ask yakuza for help.

Currently teaching English in Nagoya right now so this video hits close to home. In general, Japan is a very safe country based on my personal experience as a woman, but when crimes do happen (not petty ones), it's always the most messed up and perverted type of crimes. I'm still shaken at the fact that he tried to decompose her body on his own balcony and even seeded the soil for flowers to grow where her remains will become the fertilizer. Chills.